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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve had mixed outcomes at Children’s. I’ve waited there for hours and I’ve also been seen quickly. The time I waited for hours I ended up going to PM Pediatrics in Columbia Heights. DS was 5mo and got his arm stuck in between the crib bars and rolled over.  He was screaming in pain  and wouldn’t settle. We thought he might’ve dislocated his shoulder. Went to Children’s at 8:30am because PM wasn’t open, sat unseen until 11am, left, walked into PM and was seen immediately.

We have been to PM about 5 times now and they are great. They can do everything but an MRI on site. Most recently DS was having breathing problems, they were able to give a first dose of an oral steroid and a nebulizer treatment. He was doing much better by the time we left.

Unless it was something clearly needing hospital-level care I would opt for PM.

FWIW my pediatrician, CNPA, recommended PM of Children’s to us when the arm injury happened.[/quote]

How terrifying for the baby.  Thank you for sharing.  We go to CNPA and they said PM was good for when our son is older, but otherwise go to Children's.  He's almost a year now so maybe we'd be ok heading to PM.  I was a bit worried about parking given that Columbia Heights can get hectic in the evening.[/quote]

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